Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-30

The subject OF this sketch was
born in Washington, Penn. In
1851 he entered Washington Col.
lege, and graduated in 1856 from
that institution. Believing that
his duty called him to preach the
gospel, in the fall Of 1856 he enter
ed the theological department of
Cumberland University, located at
Lebanon, Tenn, and finished his
theological course in 1858 and was
at once called to take charge of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church;
at Fayetteville, Lincoln county,
Tenn.
In 1853 he married the daughter
of Rev. A. G. Smith, and was en-
ployed by the Board of Missions to
take charge of the Mission Church
at Paducah, KY, where he was la
boring at the outbreak of the civil
war.
A circumstance, trivial in itself,
has made Lis name famous in near
ly every household in America.
In visiting the family Of one of
his Pensioners, his attention was
directed to a singular variety Of
herbs in their possession, and he
made INQUIRIES regarding them.
He was told that many years ago,
during the early settlement of Ten
nessee, q kinsman of this family,
emigrating from North Carolina,
pitched his camp for night in the
Cherokee Nations reservation in
North Georgia, near an Indian viii
lage.
In his family was a girl about
fifteen years old, just passing to
womanhood. During the evening
this girl was attacked by violent
pains, which threw her into spasms.
An old Indian squaw witnessed it,
and, without a word, went to her
wigwam, selected some herbs from
her store, prepared decoction, and
administered it to the suffering girl.
in five minutes the pain was en-
tirely relieved
The grateful mother of the girl
begged of the squaw q small guam
tity of the herbs. Afterward, when
using them, she found few seeds
in bud of the herbs, which she
planted and raised the herbs from
year to year for half century.
The herbs that attracted Mr.
McElree's attention were descend
ants of this stock. He was tolt
that they possessed wonderful quail
tiles in the cure of diseases pecu
liar to females,
Mr.. McIllrec carried away some
of them with him, and was aston
ished at their miraculous action il
cases offemale complaints supposed
to be incurable. He raised The
herbs in his garden and furnished
his ncighbors gratuitously with {
wine made from them for severa
years; but its reputation spreac
abroad and the demand was
soon beyond his limited means t.
supply. 1u 1879 he solicited tn,
Chattanooga Medicine Co. to TAX,
charge of the manufacture and sal,
of the Wine.
The Medicine Company sent
quantity of the Wine to thei
customers all over the coun
try, instructing them to fur
nish it free of charge to ever,
afflicted lady they could hear Of
About seven thousand cases wer
treated in this way and less thar
five hundred failures were reported
Every class of female disease wa
treated; chronic cases of twent,
years standing were cured. Ok
and young, rich and poor, doctor
and clergymen all testified to tn
wonderful, virtues of McElree
Wine of Cardui. 1t was found tina
the Wine was not only al
Emmenagogue, but the most as
tonishing tonic for women know
to medical science. Ladies VIII
were weak, nervous and debilitate,
discovered that the Wine restores
.. their strength, quieted their nerve
/ and increased their flesh and enel
gy, Young girls were carried owe
: a critical period in their lives by il
5 in perfect health and safety.
The manufacture of the Wine t
supply the demand has taxed tn
capacity OF one of the largest med
S cine companies in the country
They have however been equal t
: the emergency, and McElree Win
t of Cardui, or Woman's Relief wi
+ be a household word in our ssctio
r from this time forth.
Mr.. McElree has done and
still doing much good by preachin
the gospel of Christ; but his disco,
cry OF McElree's Wine of Cardui c
: Woman's relief is likely to han
/, his name do Sn to posterity, follow
ed by the blessings of thousands